Yes, but it was not pre-meditated, or carries out with sadism or overt perversion. If Titus did it, is it murder? Definitely. Is it ABSOLUTELY a murder that must be payed, through the application of the death penalty. Absolutely not. If Titus had killed her by putting poison in her drink, or slowly dismembering her to death, then it would be a case for the death penalty. Believe it or not, killing out of rage is something that anyone of us could do.

Was a toxicology report on the victim ever released? (Could they even perform one?) Surely we would need to know if there was any chance of an OD ... especially if Titus tries to use this in his defence?

And "poison" was just mentioned which falls under premeditated-murder. Interesting thoughts.

she was strangled to the point of death (unless they find carbon monoixide in her lungs)...

the hemorraging around her neck was caused by the ligature... news reports kept making it sound like she had a scarf wrapped around her neck..."fabric"..I mean it was a ligature...with hemorraging....= strangulation...they can also check her eyes since they were protected from the fire by the duck tape to see if there was further petechial hemorraging in the eyes and in the eyelids and under the eyes as well

Curious if there was any blunt force trauma...I also find it curious that tape was all around Melissa's face even over her eyes...someone musta felt a little guilty or freaked out by seeing her eyes..there was no other necessary reason to do that in this case

the lighter fluiud was purchased by kelly...is there any word on if there is evidence of the purchase of duct tape or the ligature material, or was that just something that was already on hand in their possession?

I find it highly unlikely that Craig will get the needle, or the chair. Capital punishment is usually only given ,to perpetrators, who committed particularly heinous homocides. For the death penalty to be given, there must be demonstrated that the murderer acted with both purpose and malice. Titus killed that woman in a fit of rage. This menas that, if convicted, he'll probably get life without parole, or maybe even only 30-40 years. In any case, he's screwed.